History Column Critical

My family looks forward every week to reading Cinnamon Bair's column on Polk County history. Ms. Bair will be greatly missed ["Polk's History Came to Life for Me," Bair's farewell column, Nov. 28].

My family looks forward every week to reading Cinnamon Bair's column on Polk County history. Ms. Bair will be greatly missed ["Polk's History Came to Life for Me," Bair's farewell column, Nov. 28].

Polk County is a melting pot of folks from everywhere with no background in our heritage, who we are or why we got to where we are. Cinnamon's column tied the newcomers to Polk County's heritage, culture and future.

It is critical that a column covering Polk County's history continues. The lack of historical knowledge adds to many of the world's problems, not just Polk's.